Re: Broadhall Way.
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From Googling it appears it was road 9 in the Development Corporation's 1966 plan. Looking at it today it appears that the abandoned underpass would've been for through traffic to avoid the roundabout by dropping below it, as happens on Gunnels Wood Road. It seems to have got cancelled due to objections. As the video points out, the existing underpass only seems built to cycle way spec, so it's almost like they started building it already downgraded from the original plan.
The missing road would apparently have gone all the way to Fairlands Way, and looking at the 1946 master plan it does look like there was originally a bigger roundabout planned where Bedwell Crescent comes out today with a cross-park road going east to Chells. Maybe it would've been hidden from site like the roads which cross Central Park in Manhattan.
Somebody get to Stevenage Museum and get us some plans out.
Edited by Freemo at 16:47:26 on 5th May 2026
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